NESN launched on March 21, 1984, originally operating as a premium channel . The network's inaugural telecast was a spring training game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers from Lakeland, Florida , with former Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews serving as the play-by-play announcer and Kent Derdivanis providing color commentary . NESN periodically sent guest color commentators to the booth, among which included Rico Petrocelli , Bill Monbouquette and Dick Radatz ; the in-studio host was Sean McDonough . [ citation needed ]

Over the course of human evolution, brain size tripled. The modern human brain is the largest and most complex of any living primate.